A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

7. Keeping the Sabbath-day holy. It is a sure mark of an ungodly Person, to be a Sabbath-breaker; as a conscionableness to celebrate it to God's Glory, is both a mark and a work of Godliness. It is the description of the godly Eunuch, Isa. 56.4. Thus saith the Lord to the Eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my Covenant. Mark, it is one of the chiefest things that is taken notice of there, the observation of God's own Day. If you would exercise your selves to Godliness, this is a great means. Profaning the Lord's Day, is the cause of Profaneness all the week after: and so a careless keeping the Lord's Day, is the cause of the Carelessness and Formality you are guilty of in the business of Religion. God hath appointed this Day for a repose for the Soul, that by a long uninterrupted continuance in Worship, it might be more seasoned, and fit to converse with God all the week after. Dost thou love Christ? then observe his Day. Ignatius calls it the Queen of Days. The primitive Christians were very careful of the Sabbath, they would run all hazards rather than not keep the Sabbath-day. When they were accused as guilty of Sabbath-violation, they would answer, I am a Christian, how can I choose but love the Lord's Day? This is the Day wherein we do most solemnly and publicly profess the Worship of God, therefore it is to be celebrated with all care. Thus much for the Description of Godliness from the Disposition of the Heart, and the Duties about which it is conversant.

7. Keeping the Sabbath-day holy. It is a sure mark of an ungodly Person, to be a Sabbath-breaker; as a conscionableness to celebrate it to God's Glory, is both a mark and a work of Godliness. It is the description of the godly Eunuch, Isa. 56.4. Thus saith the Lord to the Eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my Covenant. Mark, it is one of the chiefest things that is taken notice of there, the observation of God's own Day. If you would exercise your selves to Godliness, this is a great means. Prophaning the Lord's Day, is the cause of Prophaneness all the week after: and so a careless keeping the Lord's Day, is the cause of the Carelesness and Formality you are guilty of in the business of Religion. God hath appointed this Day for a repose for the Soul, that by a long uninterrupted continuance in Worship, it might be more seasoned, and fit to converse with God all the week after. Dost thou love Christ? then observe his Day. Ignatius calls it the Queen of Days. The primitive Christians were very careful of the Sabbath, they would run all hazards rather than not keep the Sabbath-day. When they were accused as guilty of Sabbath-violation, they would answer, I am a Christian, how can I choose but love the Lord's Day? This is the Day wherein we do most solemnly and publickly profess the Worship of God, therefore it is to be celebrated with all care. Thus much for the Description of Godliness from the Disposition of the Heart, and the Duties about which it is conversant.